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BSR has a number of projects across the UK. Image: BSR Energy.

BSR submit revised plans for two solar farms

January 30, 2024
Integrated solar developer British Solar Renewables (BSR) has submitted revised plans for a 20MW solar farm in West Oxfordshire.
Hare Brewery installs 600 additional panels to generate renewable energy for the site's production. Image: Moorhouse_Brewery

Hare Brewery installs additional 600 solar panels

January 30, 2024
Hare Brewery, under the ownership of St Austell Brewery, has installed 608 new solar panels with the help of ZLC Energy Limited.
Greencoat has secured the portfolio in a £700 million deal. Image: BayWa (Schroders Greencoat).

Schroders Greencoat to complete UK’s ‘largest-ever solar acquisition’

January 25, 2024
Schroders Greencoat has revealed today that it will complete the UK’s “largest-ever solar acquisition” securing 53 sites from Toucan Energy.
Enviromena submits plans for 40MW solar farm in Doncaster. Image: Enviromena

Enviromena submits plans for 40MW solar farm in Doncaster 

January 25, 2024
Clean energy solutions company Enviromena has submitted plans for a 40MW solar farm to Doncaster City Council.
Solar farm Barkham Image Wokingham Borough Council

Solar farm sees grid connection date cut by ‘more than a decade’

January 24, 2024
Wokingham Borough Council’s Barkham solar farm has been granted a grid connection “more than a decade earlier”.
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Eight solar farms pass into community ownership in ‘biggest ever’ UK transfer

January 24, 2024
Eight solar projects with a collective capacity of 35MWp have passed into community ownership in what has been described as the “biggest transfer of community energy assets ever in the UK”
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Octopus Energy enters German solar PV market

January 23, 2024
The generation arm of energy supplier Octopus Energy has acquired its first solar PV portfolio in Germany, with a combined capacity of 142.8MW.
The Great North Road Solar Park aims to generate £1 million per year for local community projects. Image: Unsplash.

1GW solar park to generate £1 million of community funding 

January 23, 2024
UK-based renewables developer Elements Green has said the Great North Road solar park could generate annual funding of “up to £1 million” for local community projects.
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Enviromena to add over 500MW of UK solar capacity by 2025

January 19, 2024
Enviromena has announced its intention to submit plans for 400MW of UK solar projects, to join the 110MW of projects expected out of planning by April 2024.
UK government announces funding of 12 projects to aid the growth of a domestic solar industry. Image: Naked Solar.

UK government announces funding for nationwide solar projects

January 19, 2024
The UK government has announced £16 million of funding for 12 projects dedicated to subsidising domestic solar panel installation.

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